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NECKWEAR BOW Filed May 10, 1948 l1 IVENTOR.

S amuei 572mm Patented Nov; 11, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 7Samuel Semmel, Bronx N. Y.

Application May 10, 1948, Serial No. 26,030

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to improvements in neckwear and, morespecifically, to neckties and the like of the bow type, and toimprovements over the invention disclosed by my Patent Number 2,441,448.

One object of the present invention is the provision of an improved bowneckwear whose wings are provided with internal strips of bendablematerial allowing a bending of the extremities of the wings at both endsof the tie and a. holding of the points in bent position.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of an improvedbow neckwear whose center portion is provided with new and improvedmeans for quickly andsafely attaching it to the shirt button andengaging the collar.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of animproved bow neckwear whose inner side is provided with a new andimproved lining at its seam, and the wings of which have pointed endswith provisions for converting the necktie into one having astraight-edged or square appearance.

Still a further object is the'provision of a ready made bow necktiewhose construction and design are of such a character as to avoidartificial appearance and effectually simulate a selfor hand-made bow inshape and appearance.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a simplified andconveniently and economically manufacturable, conveniently wearable,strong, durable, improved, low cost, and well appearing necktie of thecharacter described.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details ofconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully describedand pointed out in the claim, it bein understood that changes may bemade in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing fromthe spirit of the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred forms of the invention havebeen shown.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a rear plan view of a tube, forming a part of the bownecktie, showing it as it appears during its manufacture.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the complete bow, being fractionally shown invertical section;

Fig. 3 is a reduced rear view of the complete bow;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detailed fractional view of the tube, showing itas it appears at an early stage of its manufacturing process.

- 2 Fig. 5 is a detailed fractional rear plan view of the tube;

Fig. 6 is a rear view of a modification showing the tie with pointed winends; and

Fig. 7 is a front view of the tie of Fig. 6 appeering as havingstraight-edged or square end wings.

Fig. 8 is a side elevational view of the clip member.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

In the drawing, the numeral l denotes a longitudinal sheet of fabricmaterial, and the numeral lb denotes a shorter similar sheet of whichtwo are used for each tie. The sheets I and lb have V-shaped extremitiesas shown in Fig. 4. The shorter sheets lb are placed upon the sheet Iand are secured thereupon by means of marginal stitches 2| (Fi 4). Alongitudinal lining l a, which is of a lesser width'than the sheet l, isattached to one longitudinal edge of the sheet I, preferably by one oftherows of stitches Zl. Then the sheets I and lb are each foldedoutwardly upon themselves along their longitudinal center lines, so thatthe stitches 2| will be located at the longitudinal center of a tubeformed by said sheets, and the extremities of the tube are closed bymeans of stitches 22 (Fig. 5). Rows 23 and 24 of side stitches are madecoextensive with the edge of the tube. However, at 25 there is left openan edge portion to provide an opening for facilitating a reversing ofthe tube. The tube is tied into a bow tie whose wings and loops extendat both sides beyond the band 2. Beneath the back of the band 2 isinterposed a spring clip member 3, which has cut-out tongue portions 4adapted for engaging the wings of shirt collar like a collar clip. Wireportions of a W-shaped shirt button retainer member 5 are extendedthrough the band 2 and the clip member 3 and are bent upon themselves.If the sheets I and lb have V-shaped extremities, the tie will havepointed wing ends (Fig. 6). If they have straight extremities, astraight-edged or square wing end tie as per Figs. 2 and 3 can be madetherefrom. The ends of the bottom part of the spring clip extend intothe sewed sheets or tube through transverse slits l5 to be retainedtherein. As the tube, as shown in Fig. 1, is tied, the slits will becomealigned with the clip member so that the clip part can be easilyextended into the slits.

Within the end portions of the tube, which form the wings of the bownecktie there are contained bendable means for holding the wings in anydesired shape and position. Said means, in the case of a straight wingend, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, consist of a vertical strip 1 ofbendable thin sheet metal or plastic material or the like, which iscontained in a substantially triangular envelope 6. The latter isattached to the inner lining IA previously referred to. In this case thewidth of the wing can be reduced by bending back its lower end portion 8upon its back, as shown at the left-hand side of Fig. 3. It is alsopossible to transform the straight wing end into a pointed wing end bybending the corner portions 9 back upon themselves, as shown at theright-hand side of Fig. 3.

In the case of a pointed wing (Figs. 1 and 6), I prefer to insert ahorizontal strip I2 of thin bendable metal into a longitudinal envelopeH of paper or thin fabric material or the like. The envelope H issecured by means of sewing or the like to a lining sheet ll) of a,light-weight fabric material that is inserted into the points of thewing ends of the tie. In this case, the pointed extremity M- of the wingcan be bent upon its back, preferably around a rod (or pencil or thelike) I3, as shown at the left-hand side of Fig. 6; if the extremitiesof both wings are thus bent back upon themselves, the tie appears fromthe front as a straight-edge wing bow, as shown in Fig. 7.

The lining I! is shaped to fill the tube and is cut to extend into thetapered end of the tube. Similarly, the small pocket sheet ll of liningmaterial is likewise tapered. The pocket formed by the small sheet I!and the lining I accommodates the bendable short strip I 2.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and differentembodiments of the invention could be made without departing from thescope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the abovedescription or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted asillustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claim is intended tocover all of the generic and specific features of the invention hereindescribed, and all statements of the scope of the 4 invention which as amatter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent in the United States is:

A bow tie of flexible material comprising a securing element, loops andtie wings extending over and outwardly from the securing element, meansfor securing the loops and tie wings to the securing element, innerlining portions extending respectively through the tie wing portions,flat bendable and moldable strips within the wing portions and extendincentrally and longitudinally thereof and inwardly from the tie ends,means for securing said bendable and moldable strips to the inner liningportions within the tie wings, said wings being tapered at their endsand being foldable on lines transverse to the wings and intersectin thetapered edge portions, said bendable and moldable strips extending intosaid tapered ends of the wings in intersecting relation to said foldlines whereby said strips may be retained in flat position within saidwing ends substantially aligned with the wings and said strips may bebent on said fold lines for disposing said ends in underlying relationto said wings with said fold lines definin squared ends on said wings.

SAMUEL SEMMEL.

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